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Your top DCN headlines: May 13 to 17
Your top DCN headlines: May 13 to 17
Your top DCN headlines this week feature news construction can carry on for a massive CN rail hub, according to a judge’s ruling; demolition work is starting for the second phase of Scotiabank Arena renovations; causeway chaos continues in Kingston with t...
Economic , Government , Infrastructure , Projects
CRCA partners with Talent Beyond Boundaries to find roofing jobs for skilled refugees
VICTORIA – The Canadian Roofing Contractors Association (CRCA) has announced a p...
Government , Labour
Cargo ship that caused Baltimore bridge collapse had power blackouts hours before leaving port
BALTIMORE  — The cargo ship Dali experienced electrical blackouts about 10 hours...
Government , Infrastructure , OH&S , US News
Legal Notes: Letters of credit for lien security called into question
Karmina Holdings Inc. believed it had properly posted acceptable lien security w...
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Your top DCN headlines: May 13 to 17
Your top DCN headlines this week feature news construction can carry on for a ma...
Economic , Government , Infrastructure , Projects
CRCA partners with Talent Beyond Boundaries to find roofing jobs for skilled refugees
VICTORIA – The Canadian Roofing Contractors Association (CRCA) has announced a p...
Government , Labour
Cargo ship that caused Baltimore bridge collapse had power blackouts hours before leaving port
BALTIMORE  — The cargo ship Dali experienced electrical blackouts about 10 hours...
Government , Infrastructure , OH&S , US News
Legal Notes: Letters of credit for lien security called into question
Karmina Holdings Inc. believed it had properly posted acceptable lien security w...
Government
Ottawa to acquire Quebec Bridge from CN, will spend $1 billion on span over 25 years
QUEBEC CITYÂ - The federal government says it has reached a deal with Canadian N...
Government , Infrastructure , Projects
Mississauga hosts affordable housing information session
MISSISSAUGA — The City of Mississauga has announced it will be holding a public...
Government
Ontario supports Indwell residence in Hamilton
HAMILTON, ONT. — The Ontario government has announced it is allocating $5 millio...
Government
Judge says construction on massive CN Rail hub can continue — for now
OTTAWA — The Federal Court of Appeal has pressed pause on a lower court decision...
Government , Infrastructure
Procurement Perspectives: The process of small dollar purchases for construction
Historically, most small dollar purchases were made using a system of petty cash...
Government
Ontario provides additional $15M in funding for critical minerals projects
SUDBURY, ONT. — The Ontario government is investing an additional $15 million ov...
Government , Resource
Province marks grand opening of Temiskaming Lodge care home
TEMISKAMING SHORES, ONT. — The Ontario government and Jarlette Health Services h...
Government , Projects
Arcadis signs five-year asset management deal with MTO
TORONTO — Ontario-based Arcadis recently announced it has been awarded a digital...
Government
Quebec charity spearheads 10 non-profit residences
RIMOUSKI, QUE. — The governments of Canada and Quebec have announced they are co...
Government , Projects
New labour legislation targets productivity: Piccini
After seven months on the job, Ontario’s Minister of Labour, Immigration, Traini...
Government , Labour
AECOM wins Bradford Bypass contract for western section detail design
BRADFORD, ONT. — AECOM Canada Ltd. has been awarded the contract for the detail...
Government , Infrastructure
Federal and provincial governments provide $3.1 for cultural centre in Quebec
BEACONSFIELD, QUE. — The Government of Canada and the Government of Quebec are m...
Government , Projects
Legal Notes: Running the risk of exaggerated lien claims
Lien claims that are exaggerated well beyond what is actually owed for work done...
Government
P.E.I. hoping to attract company to manufacture modular homes for the province
CHARLOTTETOWN — The P.E.I. government announced that part of its plan to address...
Government
Federal budget lemons opportunity to innovate in Canada’s infrastructure sector
It’s time for Canadians to take the lemons they’ve been handed and make lemonade...
Associations , Government
Procurement Perspectives: Fixing the approximate cost of construction projects
The most important aspect of the business case, in terms of prudent municipal ma...
Government
Menstrual products to be provided on larger construction sites: Ontario government
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. — Ontario’s new Working for Workers Five Act, 2024 contains a...
Government , OH&S
Ontario to increase fines for ‘bad actor’ employers
TORONTO — Ontario is set to clamp down on bad employers with big fines. Labour...
Government , OH&S
Ford spotlights Highway 413 as top priority
The Ontario government is emphatically signalling that the province’s next major...
Government , Infrastructure
Your top DCN headlines: April 29 to May 3
Your top DCN headlines this week feature news one tunnel boring machine has brok...
Government , Infrastructure , Labour , Projects
Moving ‘FAST’: Ontario introduces job matching platform and apprenticeship pathway
BRAMPTON, ONT. — A new apprenticeship pathway and an online job matching platfor...
Government , Labour
Mississauga approves first 8,000 units for Lakeview Village project
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. — Mississauga City Council has approved a plan of subdivision...
Government , Projects
Hatch to help deliver major Peruvian irrigation project
OTTAWA — Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) has signed a government-to-govern...
Government , Infrastructure
Legal Notes: The frustration of suing the federal government for payment
Central Welding found itself in a challenging position. It was subcontracted for...
Government
New Brunswick unveils Skilled Trades NB
MONCTON, N.B. — The Government of New Brunswick has launched Skilled Trades NB,...
Government , Labour
Ontario to begin buying land to build Highway 413, construction slated for next year
CALEDON, ONT. — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province plans to begin buyin...
Government , Infrastructure
Trudeau promises to protect local construction jobs — and to hold EV plants to it
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will do everything he can to protect loca...
Government , Labour
HAF could smooth over labour demand or trigger a spike
Funds flowing to accelerate construction of affordable and rental housing could...
Government , Labour
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Top 10 major upcoming Atlantic and Manitoba, Saskatchewan construction projects – Canada – May 2024
The accompanying tables show the top 10 largest upcoming Atlantic and Manitoba,...
Economic , Projects
UPDATE: Man trapped under a steam roller dies
WHITBY, ONT. — An incident that occurred at a worksite in Whitby, Ont. this morn...
OH&S
Keating Channel’s ‘Equinox Bridge’ design concept unveiled
TORONTO — Following a design competition, WilkinsonEyre’s Equinox Bridge design...
Infrastructure
Oversight critical on construction sites when temperatures spike
Jim Noon, president of the Vancouver Island Building and 51¹ú²úÊÓƵion Trades Cou...
OH&S
Ontario home to North America’s first 2+1 roadway
As part of an effort to increase road safety, especially in northern Ontario, th...
Infrastructure , OH&S
Demolition work begins on second phase of Scotiabank Arena Reimagination project
While Scotiabank Arena is usually filled with fans, it is now filled with constr...
Projects
Bill Gates paves a new road for carbon reduction in construction
Bill Gates is at it again. The billionaire philanthropist, investor and co-found...
Resource , Technology , US News
New labour legislation targets productivity: Piccini
After seven months on the job, Ontario’s Minister of Labour, Immigration, Traini...